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PULL HANDLE.

Patented June 29, 1886.

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artnr OTTO BERNZ, OF NEW'ARK, NEV7 JERSEY.

PULLHANDLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 344,617, dated June 29,1886.

Application filed April 3, 1886. Serial No. 197,648. (No model.) Y

To @ZZ whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, OTTO BERNZ, a citizen of the United States, residingin Newark, Essex county, New Jersey, have invented certain new anduseful Improveinents'in Pull- Handles, fully described and representedin the following specification and the accompan ying drawings, forming apart of the same.

This invention consistsin the combination, with a pull-handle having agroove in its periphery,of a ring of yielding material secured in thegroove by cement, and in the combination, with a pull-handle havingayielding ring fitted to a groove in its periphery, of a metal bandsecured upon the handle and provided with projecting ears adapted tohold the ring in the said groove, and in specific constructionstherefor.

In the drawings, Figure l is a side View of thepull-handle. Fig. 2 isacentral longitudinal section of the same, showing two forms Fig. 3 is atransverse section on the line a' x in Fig. l. Fig. 4 is a plan of the-metal band before application to the handie.V Fig. 5 is aplan of theflanged ring, which is shown applied to the handle on the right in Fig.and Fig. 6 is a central transverse section of the same.

a is the handle. b and b are buffers consisting in rings of yieldingmaterial, the rings shown at b in Fig. 2, and in Figs. 5 and 6, havinginwardly-projecting flanges, c.

'd is a metal band applied to the handle between the rings, and havingcars e bent over the said buffers, to hold the same within groovesformed in thepcriphery of the handle to receive them.

fand f are nuts at the ends of the bolt g, passing through the center ofthe handle in the usual manner to carry a fastening-eye, 7i, which isconnected to the cord or other device to which the handle is to beapplied.

The rings of both forms are made of yielding material,and adapted to besprung over the end of thehandleinto the grooves therein, and areusually made of rubber, since such substance is 4particularly adaptedfor a buffer. The flange c is formed on the ring b', to afford a largersurface for the adhesion of cement when used.

The rings may be made with. notches to receive the ears e of the metalbands d, or such ears may be merely pressed into the surface of therings and sunk below the same, to prevent their interfering with andscratching any surface in contact with the buffers.

The bands d may be provided with an inscription, as shown in Figs. l and4, as a label or advertisement by which the name of the manufacturer ofthe device to which the handle is attached, as well as the handleitself, may be advertised to those operating the handle. I usually cutthe blank for such band out of sheet metal first and bend the ears ceither just before or in the act of applying the same to the handle.

It is obvious that the ears may be formed at only one side of the bandd, when only one ring is used, and that any convenient number of suchears may be employed on either or both sides of the band. v

It is evident that when ther-ings are cemented in the handle the bandmaybe omitted, except when the inscription thereon is desired, and alsothat in place of an inscription of the character shown herein anornamental design may be inserted upon the surface of the band.

Having thus set forth the nature of my invention, Ici-aim thesanucin thefollowing manner:

l. rlhe combination, with apull-handlc havA ing an annular groove in itsperiphery, of a ring of yielding material provided with aninwardly-projecting flange fitted to said groove and secured therein bycement, as and for the purpose set forth.

2. The combination, with a pullhandle havA ing a groove in its peripheryand a ring of yielding material fitted within the same, of a metal bandhaving cars fitted over the ring and clamping the same to the handle, asand for the purpose set forth.

In testi mon y whereof I have hcreu nto set my hand in the presence oftwo subscribing witnesscs. i

OTTO BERN Z.

Witnesses:

HENRY J MILLER, HENRY J. THEBERATH.

